Silver Columns Are Always On

Radar Maker have sent us over the Silver Columns track 'Always On' (sans Caribou this time). The single is out September 13 via Moshi Moshi.

Caribou + Silver Columns = why hasn't this happened earlier?

Those who follow us here at Sonic Masala will have picked up on Ani's predilection for refined electronica. In her eyes (and admittedly in mine), acts such as Caribou and Four Tet can do no wrong. A track came across my desk this week that managed to marry most of Ani's faves, so I felt compelled to impart it onto you.

Silver Columns is the current project of folkified Adem (also of Fridge, the post-rockish outfit with Four Tet's Kieran Hebden) and the man behind the Pictish Trail, Johnny Lynch. Caribou's Swim is a SM fave for album of the year. These two have come together as caribous has remixed Silver Column's 'Always On', almost 9 minutes of elegaic plinkings and meanderings that serves to heighten the original track.

Hope you enjoyed the weekend - SM will be back on track this week I promise!

Silver Columns - Always On (Caribou remix)

Two troubadours go incognito

A quick post about two bands doing the rounds ATM that contain members far more famous in their own right. Silver Columns has already been mentioned on Sonic Masala - the current project for ADEM and the Pictish Trail. They have been playing around the traps, including a show on Record Store Day, and have just put out a remix of their track 'Cavalier' by Astronomer. Check it out...

Silver Columns - Cavalier (Astronomer remix)

Also turning heads is Junip, a group that harbours the talents of one Jose Gonzalez. Nothing overtly new here, but it does bolster Gonzalez's vocals and song structures, creating a meatier pastiche of folk rock as a result. Here's a taste of what to expect from Junip...

Junip - Rope & Summit

Spin me right round like a record

Awwrrrrgh, so that was Record Store Day and my head still hurts. From the civilised order that was Sister Ray, to the passionate chaos that was Rough Trade East, the house party atmosphere of Pure Groove, to the inevitable jar (to many) down the pub after, it was a hectic day. We didn't get to see that many bands, spending much more time in queues than expected (but was more than necessary), but what we did see of Caribou at Rough Trade East was great and Silver Columns were a revelation, and lovely chaps to boot. Silver Columns deserve their own post so more about them at a later date. Enough of Caribou was witnessed to get me salivating - the new material from Swim is even better live! I can't wait to see Mr Snaith's gang role out a full set in June.

I'll hopefully post some of the rare tracks from my overindulgent haul of vinyl as soon as I get the wax to digital machine fired up - but for now enjoy some Jimi Hendrix with Valleys of Neptune, taken from the limited 7" pressing, number 457 of 1000, especially released for the day.

Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune